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EXCERPT:
Colorectal carcinoma is
the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among
men and women in the United States, following lung cancer,
with 56,000 deaths reported in 1998 and an estimated over
130,000 new cases per year [21]. Unfortunately the symptoms
of colon cancer, such as anemia and change in bowel habits,
are neither sensitive nor specific. Diagnosed cancers
are often in the later stage of development, resulting
in a high mortality incidence. Most colon cancer probably
arises from polyps, which can take 5 to 15 years for malignant
transformation. Recent studies have shown that screening
of colonic polyps can reduce the mortality rate from the
cancer...
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